Fountain.



A. 0. ZIENER. FOUNTAIN; APPLICATION FILED DEC- 9. I916.-

Pat ented 0011-. 16, 1912.

INVENTOH A HORNE Y UNTTED TATE PATENT @FFECE.

ADOLPH OSWALD ZIEN'EBi, 0F NEWYORK', N. Y., ASSIGNOR 'LODISPIJKY'FOUNTAIN' WUFACTUBJNG COMPANY,

INC.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. is, rare.

Continuation in part of application Serial No. 8,330, filed l 'ebruary15, 1915. This application filed December 9, 1918. Serial No. 135,955.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known a that I, AnoLrH OSWALD ZIENER, a subject of the Empire ofGermany, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFountains, of which the following is a specification. g

This invention relates to improvements in fountains, and particularlyfountains of the type known as self contained fountains, that is,fountains in which the power plantis directly carried by and is inproximity to the pump and spray apparatus. An object of the presentinvention is to provide such a fountain device, which is portable anddetachable, enabling the same to be placed in any suitable basin, inwhich a suflicient amount of water may be contained. further object isto provide such a fountain which is'compact, simple in construction andin which the working parts are thoroughly protected from. moisture andin which the necessity for packing is dispensed with.

With these and other objects in View, embodiments of my invention areshown in the accompanying drawings and these embodiments will behereinafter more fully described, with reference thereto and theinvention will be fin lly pointed out inthe claims. i

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form;

Fig. 3 is a further modified form in which an electric, motor isemployed as the power producing element; v

Fig. 4 shows another modification in which an electric motor isemployed; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional View in which illuminating means are embodied withother features of the invention.

Similar reference characters indicate cor.- responding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

' 13 is formed, upon which a partition plate 14 is secured, by means ofscrews 15, the said plate being provided centrally with an opening 16. Aplurality of water inlet openings 34 are provided in the upper portionof the wall of the housing and a motor 17 is mounted upon the flange 11and secured thereto by means of screws 18, which motor is shown in thisform of my invention, as a clock work mechanism or spring motor. Adriving shaft 19 extends downwardly therefrom and is suspended throughthe opening 16 of the partition plate 14, being spaced from the wall ofsaid opening and provided upon its lower end with a fan or turban 20,which is slightly spaced at all sides from the walls of the housing andthe partition plate.-

An annular tubular rim 21 provided with a plurality of inwardly directedjet nozzles cured to lugs 24, upon the outer surface of the housing, bymeans of screws 25 and is connected to the housing, by means of a tube26, which is provided with a valve 33.

A cover 27, which in the embodiment herein is shown bell shaped andwhich may be of any suitable and preferably ornamental design is placedover the motor and housing and is secured to' the rim 12 of the motor byscrews 32, a flange 28 being provided upon the interior of the saidcover through which the screws pass. The surface of the cover maybeprovided with a plurality of furrows 31, which form descending pathsfor the water or the same may take the shape of a succession of annularundulations, forming a cascade over which the water may descend to thebasin. It will be obvious that any other suitable and ornamental shapemay be given to the cover, which will permit the falling water todescend to the basin. This cover acts as a water shed and thoroughlyprotects the working parts from the falling water, which is dischargedupwardly and inwardly by the jet nozzles. The lower edge of the cover isprovided with rubber feet 29 which rest on the bottom of the basin 30and permit theof the openings 34 and of sufiicient width to accommodatethe annular ring 21. With applicants device, an extremely shallow basinmaybe employed, which is quite pleasing and artistic in appearance.

In operation, the basin is first filled with water, so that the openings34 are covered, permitting the water to flow therethrough and throughthe opening 16 of the partition plate into the pump housing. The clockwork mechanism is wound by means of the key 17 and water is\ forcedthrough the tube 21 from the housing by operation of the fan or turban20 and is sprayed from the ring 21, upwardly and inwardly by the jetnozzles thereof, falling upon the cover 27 and returning to the basin,the samewater being used continuously during this spraying and returnflow, the same, of course, being replenished, as evaporation occurs. Themotor, itwill be seen, at no time is accessible to the water, so thatthere is no danger of the operation of the same becoming impairedthereby and byreason of the suspension of'the ump through the enlargedopening 16, t 1e necessity for packing is dispensed with.-

In the form of construction shown in Fig. .2, the annular tubular ring21 is re- 1 moved and a central spraying member 40, which may be of anysuitable form, and

- illustrated as taking the formof dolphins 43 and a central spraynozzle 44, is provided at the upper portion of the cover 41 and isconnected to the pump housing, by means of a tube 42,. having avalve 45and which passes :through the rim 12 of the motor. The upper/portion ofthe cover 41, is recessed as at 4l fand is adapted to receive a smallamount of water which overflows at the overhangingportion 41 Theoperation is similar to that described, with reference to Fig. 1, withthe exception that the water is forced through the tube 42, anddelivered in several fountain like ets from the nozzle 40. The force ofthese jets may be regulated or the flow entirely out off by the valve45: The basin in this form is provided with a recessed portion 46, clawfeet 47 or other suitable supports being provided therefor. j a

In Fig. 3, I have shown another modified form of constructiomin which anelectric motor 50 is provided as a power plant, the

'current being supplied thereto by wires 51,

In Fig. 5, I have shown a still further modification, in which I provideboth an annular ring 70, having a plurality of jet nozzles 71, and acentral jet nozzle 72, having a valve 73 therein, and respectivelyconnected to] the pump housing, by means of tubes 74 and 75, the tube 74being provided with a controlling valve 76; The cover 77 is constructedof a material, which is not impervious tov light, such, for instance, as

translucent glass, rock crystal or the like, and beneath the same andpreferably upon the upper surface of the electric 'motor 78,

. there are mounted one or more electric lamps 79, which may be ofdifferent colors and which are supplied with current to the wires 80,which together with the wires 81 for the motor extend through thewaterproof tube 82. The illuminated 'water shed, to-

'gether with the central and annular water sprays, combine to produce avery pleasing effect. By reason of the portability of the fountain,which permits. of its being placed in any suitable basin, the inventionlends itself to many ornamental uses. Thus, for instance, the samefountain may be placed on a table in a basin, or bowl, of suflicientdepth,,or the same may be placed in.a garden or the like, in anysuitable water container, which may be accessible, and where ermanentbasins are installed in parks, the ountain may be placed therein withoutin any way altering the same.

Ihave illustrated and described, preferred and satisfactory forms of myinvention, but it is obvious that changes may be made therein, withinthe spirit and scope thereof, as defined inthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. A self contained fountain comprising a basin, a. pump disposed insaid basin, a pump housing surrounding saidpump and provided withopenings communicating with the interior of said basin below the normalwater level thereof, a motor disposed over said pump and pump housingand provided with a driving shaft in operative connection with the shaftof said pump, a spray ing device connected with the deliveryof saidpump, and a cover disposed in said basin, open at .its bottom, inclosingsaid motor, pump and pump housing and also nae-alas serving as a Watershed for spray Water of said spraying device, said apparatus beingadapted to operate upon a quantity of Water contained in said basin, thesame Water being passed repeatedly by means of the pump through saidspraying device and regathered in said basin.

2. A self contained fountain comprising a basin, a pump disposed in saidbasin, a pump housing surrounding said pump and provided With openingscommunicating with the interior of said basin below the normal Waterlevel thereof, a motor disposed over said pump and pump housing andprovided With a driving shaft in operative connection With the shaft ofsaid underneath pump, a jet pipe disposed Within' and extending aroundsaid basin, connected With said pump and provided With a series ofupwardly and inwardly inclined jet nozzles, and a dome-like coverdisposed in said basin, between said pump and jet pipe, open at itsbottom, inclosing said motor and serving as a water shed for directingthe spray Water of said nozzles back into said basin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, l have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ADOLPH OSWALD ZIENER.

Witnesses:

D. LEWIs MATTERN, A. Y. COUGAN.

